“The big gala performance celebrating 20 years of Career Transition for Dancers zipped though 13 dances in less than two hours with no intermission. Ann Marie DeAngelo created this fantastic evening, the most exhilarating benefit occasion I’ve ever seen” WQXR 9603 FM –Word of Dance, Francis Mason

"Dance benefit leaves crowd speechless!

Put the fearfully flexible World Cup Shooting Star cheerleaders into a production number with American Ballet Theater apprentices and hip-hop soloist Mr. Wiggles, and what do you get?  The other night at City Center you got an acrobatic streetwise, semi-classical free-for-all that crackled with skill and enthusiasm.  It was the perfect opening for the annual Career Transition for Dancers (CTFD) gala.  Even Liza Minnelli, not often speechless, was awestruck..." 

Michael J. Fressola, Staten Island Advance